Challenges, Choices, Tragedies and Triumphs

Great Words

1. main character 2. unique characteristics 3. setting 4. conflict 5. theme 6. plot 7. introduction 8. rising action 9. climax 10. turning point 11. falling action 12. conclusion 13. Greek Mythology 14. autobiography 15. biography 16. poem 17. civil rights movement 18. segregation 19. boycott 20. unconstitutional

The Stories Chariot of the Sun God The Scholarship Jacket Let It Shine

The Poems Caged Bird

By Maya Angelou

I Dream a World
by Langston Hughes

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their lives and the lives of others.

Ms. Kims English Language Arts

Learning Goals
You will read three different short stories; a greek myth, an autobiographic sketch and a biography. You must be able to describe how the each of the stories plots unfold. You will focus on the main characters and identify their unique characteristics by carefully examining what each character says, thinks or the actions they take. Each story has an amazing setting. These settings inuence the problems the main characters face. You will explore, compare and contrast each of these rich settings. Lastly, you must work hard to memorize all the new vocabulary taught in this unit! Chariot of the Sun God
retold by Mary Pope Osborne
An Ancient Greek Myth Describe the setting and compare this

setting to the other stories.

How does the setting inuence ? Identify the unique characteristics of both

Helios and Phaeton.

Describe how the plot unfolds. What is a major theme of this story?

Core Standards
Key Ideas and Details RL.6.1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. RL.6.2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. RL.6.3. Describe how a particular storys or dramas plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. Craft and Structure RL.6.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including gurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specic word choice on meaning and tone. RL.6.5. Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza ts into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. An excerpt from Let It Shine What kind of person was Rosa Parks? How did the setting inuence Rosas decisions and actions? What decision did Rosa make that changed her life? Describe this setting and think about what it would have been like for you to live in Rosas town.

The Scholarship Jacket

by Martha Salinas An Autobiography
Describe the setting. Determine the major themes. Describe how the plot unfolds Determine Marthas unique

characteristics.
How does Martha change?